Electric-light-switch operator.



E. H. SHUTE.

ELECTRIC LIGHT SWITCH OPERATOR.

APPLICATION man MAR 5. 19m.

1301 183 Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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ELECTRIC-LIGHT-SWITCH OPERATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND H. SHUTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

Switch Operators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lmprovements 1n '1 electric light switch operators, and has for its object the production of a device of th1s character through the medium of whlchan electric light switch may be operated both to turn on and oil the light by pulling downwardly upon a depending pull cord or handle.

' A further object is the production of a device, as mentioned, which may be readily and easily applied to a conventional electric light switch and which will be of durable and economical construction and ellicient in Other objects will appear hereinafter.

e invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a con-- ventional electric light and switch therefor to which is applied a switch operator, embodying the invention,

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the switch operator and the adjacent portion of the light switch,

Fig. 3, a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and F'Fig. 4, a section taken on line 44 of p j e preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings is designed for use in connection with a conventional electric light switch connected at 5, whichis provided with an oscillatory operating stem 6, the outer end of which is equipped with a flattened turn button or handle 7 whereby ordinarily operated.

e device forming the subject-matter of this application comprises a cap 8 which is adapted to snugly embrace the turn button 7, pins 9 being employed, after the arrangement of the cap on the turn button, to traverse the mouth of said against the inner side or edge of the turn have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Light- The pawl 14 is many hold said cap and engage Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Ap 22, 1919. Application filed March 5, 1918. Serial No. 220,444.

button, thereby serving to securely lock the pawl 14 adapted to cooperate with ratchet 10, as will be readily understood.

One end of lever 12 is provided with a weight 15 whereby said lever will normally be held, by gravity, in a'position in which the opposite end thereof, or that carrying the pawl 14, will be elevated. Connected with and depending from the last mentioned end of said lever is a pull cord or other similar form of'handle or pull-element 16, whereby said lever maybe rocked downwardly. also provided with a weight 17 at its outer end, which is adapted to norpawl in operative relation with the ratchet. With the construction set forth it will be seen that the switch stem may be intermittently rotated to turn on or oil the light 'by successively pulling downwardly successive downward pulling of the member 16, the weight 15 will operate to return the lever to initial position whereby the successive downward pulling upon the member 16 serves to intermittently rotate the switch stem always in the same direction.

Switch operators employing depending pull cords are in use at the present time, but some employ-two cords, one for turning on the light and the other for turning it off. With applicants construction, but one cord is necessary for performing both operations. The construction is extremely simple and may be readily and expeditiously applied to any switch employing a flattened turn button of conventional form.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not. wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with anelectric light switch having a rotary stem and provided upon the member 16. Upon each with a flattened turn bimon; a, cap enlbram and a lever pivotally mounted on. said cap. and having a pawl adapted for cooperation with said ratchet snl'lstantia'lly as described.

2. The eon'ibination with an electric light 10 switch having a rotary stem and provided With a flattened turn button, of a cap enibracing said turn button; pins traversing the month of said cap and engaging with the inner side of said button for locking said 15 cap to said button; a ratchet fixed'to said O said ratchet; anesoiliatory le /e1 cam said pawl and adapted, through gravity, to normally assume a positlon in which one end cap; a pawpai'ianeed for cooperation with thereof will be elevated; and means depend- 20 in g from said end of said lever for: aetij ating the latter, substantially asdesoribed.

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